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NC H399

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/16/2023

Primary Sponsor

Kelly Alexander

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Origin

House of Representatives

2023-2024 Session

AI Summary

  • Creates the "North Carolina Judicial Privacy Act" to protect the safety and security of judicial officials by allowing them to restrict public disclosure of their personal information after submitting a written request.

  • Defines "personal information" to include home addresses, telephone numbers, email addresses, financial account numbers, social security numbers, marital status, and identity of children under age 18.

  • Requires government agencies to remove judicial officials' personal information from publicly available content within 5 business days of receiving a written request, and exempts such information from public records requests under Chapter 132.

  • Prohibits persons, businesses, and associations from publicly posting judicial officials' personal information on the internet within 72 hours of receiving a written request, and allows judicial officials to seek injunctive or declaratory relief and recover attorney's fees for violations.

  • Makes it a Class C felony to knowingly publish a judicial official's personal information on the internet when the person knows it poses an imminent and serious threat to health and safety, and the violation proximately causes bodily injury or death.

Legislative Description

The North Carolina Judicial Privacy Act

Confidentiality; Courts; Judges; Privacy; Public; Public Records; Records

Last Action

Ref to the Com on Judiciary 1, if favorable, State Personnel, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

3/20/2023

Committee Referrals

Judiciary I3/20/2023

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